Ezhuthatha Sattangal

Ezhuthatha Sattangal (transl. Unwritten laws) is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. Shankar, starring Sivaji Ganesan, Jaishankar and M. N. Nambiar. It is a remake of the Malayalam film Aarambham (1982).^[1] The film was released on 15 August 1984.^[2][3]

Ezhuthatha Sattangal
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	K. Shankar
Screenplay by	K. Shankar
Story by	Cochin Haneefa
Produced by	K. Shivaprasad
Starring	Sivaji Ganesan Jaishankar M. N. Nambiar Prabhu Urvashi
Cinematography	M. C. Sekar
Edited by	K. Shankar V. Jeyapal
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production company	Shivshankar Creations
Release date	15 August 1984 (1984-08-15)
Running time	147 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Sivaji Ganesan as Nazeer
• Prabhu as Shankar
• Jaishankar as Justice Thiyagarajan
• M. N. Nambiar as Farooq
• Srividya as Saradha
• Nalini as Noorajahan
• Urvashi as Meena
• Sarath Babu as Dr. Basheer
• Rajesh as Gopinath
• R. S. Manohar as Sebastian
• Sivachandran as Jambi
• Thengai Srinivasan as Velu Thambi
• Oru Viral Krishna Rao
• Nagaraja Chozhan
• Anuradha
• Vijayalakshmi
• Vijayarekha
• K. Vijayan ( Guest appearance)
• V. Gopalakrishnan as Dr. Abraham (Guest Appearance)
• LIC Narasimhan

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics by Pulamaipithan.^[4]

Track	Singer(s)
"Aalankatti Maamalaiyaam"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. P. Sailaja
"Ezhuthaatha Sattangal"	Malaysia Vasudevan
"Kannuku Azhagana Maapillai"	Malaysia Vasudevan, Vani Jairam
"Then Kulathile Kulikkava"	S. Janaki
"Vanthen Maathiram"	P. Jayachandran, Vani Jairam, Chorus

Reception

Balumani of Anna praised the acting of Sivaji Ganesan and other actors, Super Subbarayan's stunt choreography, Ilayaraja's music and Shankar's direction.^[5]

References

1. Arunachalam, Param (2020). BollySwar: 1981–1990. Mavrix Infotech. pp. 400–401. ISBN 978-81-938482-2-7.
2. "நடிகர் திலகம் சிவாஜி கணேசன் அவர்கள் நடித்த படங்களின் பட்டியல்". Lakshman Sruthi (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
3. "எழுதாத சட்டங்கள்". Makkal Kural (in Tamil). 15 August 1984. p. 7. Archived from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
4. "Ezhuthatha Sattangal Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
5. பாலுமணி (25 August 1984). "எழுதாத சட்டங்கள்". Anna (in Tamil). p. 4. Archived from the original on 24 December 2024. Retrieved 24 December 2024 – via Endangered Archives Programme.

External links

• Ezhuthatha Sattangal at IMDb